Data Protection

GDPR

GDPR guide: are you ready for the new data protection rules?

22-May-2018 By Claire Churchard

All businesses must comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the deadline is looming. Do you know what you need to do?

Legal advice

Legal Q&A: using customers' mobile numbers for marketing purposes

27-Nov-2015 By Poppleston Allen

This week's legal Q&A looks at the thorny issue of data protection - and whether you should use customers' mobile phone numbers for marketing.

Legal advice

Getting the picture on CCTV

25-Nov-2015 By Poppleston Allen

There are lots of reasons why you might wish to install CCTV at your premises: to protect and reassure your customers, to protect your business (and the till), and to deter criminals.

Guernsey Pubwatch accused of data protection breach

07-Sep-2010 By John Harrington and Lesley Foottit

Guernsey pubs have been ordered to return police data after the island's data protection watchdog said police had too much control in the Pubwatch.

Fear over blanket CCTV at pubs

18-Feb-2009 By John Harrington

The UK's privacy watchdog fears police moves to force all pubs to install CCTV risk data protection and privacy breaches.

Legal advice: Keeping your customers' data secure

07-Mar-2008

NOT A day goes by without us reading some lurid story in the press about data protection lapses, often by government agencies, but also by many...

Clubscan meets with ICO

20-Aug-2007

Clubscan, the ID scanner supplier, has met with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to confirm its system is not breaking data protection...

MP urges data protection compliance

01-Aug-2007

A senior Tory MP has urged bars that use an ID scanning device to ensure they comply with data-protection rules. Shadow home affairs minister James...

Photo deals to bypass data protection laws

27-Apr-2006 By John Harrington

Derbyshire hosts have a novel way of sharing photos of people who are banned from pubs without the risk of breaking data protection laws. Anyone who...

Warning over data protection scam

13-Nov-2003

Licensees are being hit by another round of scam letters demanding money for data protectionservices. The latest batch of circulars issues veiled...

Data protection scam returns again

03-Nov-2003

More licensees have received threatening letters from a rogue company calling on them to pay £95 to sign up for data protection.Licensees have been...

Silencing the data racket

30-Jul-2003

Michelle Perrett and Adam Withrington find out how licensees are still getting caught out by a rogue data protection scam first reported four months...

Final notice' scam continues

19-Jun-2003

Licensees are still receiving "final notices" from unofficial agencies demanding money for data protection registration services. One south Wales...

Data protection scam returns

19-Jun-2003

More licensees have received threatening letters from a rogue company calling on them to pay £95 to sign up for data protection.Licensees have been...

Rogue agency continues data con

16-May-2003

More licensees have received threatening letters from a rogue company calling on them to pay almost £100 to sign up for data protection.Licensees in...

OFT tackles data scams

08-May-2003

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has been taking action against a raft of data protection companies.Companies that are threatening businesses,...

Publican poll reveals two-thirds targeted by scams

01-May-2003

Almost two-thirds of licensees have been targeted by fraudsters over the past year, according to an poll on thePublican.com.More than 60 per cent of...